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Collection and Medical bills................HELP!!!!
Asked by A.H. from Dallas
on October 1, 2008
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3 weeks before giving birth to my son my insurance changed(by my employers, had no say since it's fully covered by them) and I ended up with lots of medicalls bills(un...
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- If you constantly had some insurance, even if the company changed, your new insurance is required to cover the expenses from your birth. They'll say that they don't h...
- Sorry to hear about the medical insurance change over and the impact it has had on your life. I know of people with similiar situations that were allowed to be carried...
- My mom worked in medical billing and she always told me to ask for a Hardship from the hospital. Most major hospitals have this but you only get it when you ask for it...
Medical Bills and Collection
Asked by A.H. from Dallas
on October 2, 2008
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3 weeks before giving birth to my son my insurance changed(by my employers, had no say since it's fully covered by them) and I ended up with lots of medicalls bills(un...
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- As long as you send them something, they cannot send you to collections. They will try to scare you and intimidate you-DONT let them! Also, tell them that you have se...
- Hello A., are there any credit management agencies (like a christian organization) I googled "christian financial advice" here are a couple of the links. before...
- besides the cirro bill, as long as you send the medical bill company something (anything)regularly they cannot send you to collections as you are showing you are makin...
Medical Bill
Asked by D.C. from Lubbock
on June 19, 2010
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ii live in texas and i have 8000.00 in medical bills after insurance. i called and tryed to make payment arrangements. they said i had to pay $100.00 a monh which i ca...
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- I believe they have stated the minimum on a non interest rate bill and you should try to cut corners somewhere else to pay this off. At that rate it will take you 6 1/...
- By law if you wrote on the check 'balance paid in full' and they accepted it, no matter the amount, they would legally be making and accepting a new contract. But sinc...
- At $25/month with no interest, it will take you 27 years to pay off that debt; they probably perceived that as a slap in the face. I suspect the real reason they sent...
Medical Bills
Asked by N.K. from Chicago
on April 13, 2011
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Hello everyone,
I am completely overwhelmed by my family's outstanding medical bills. The short version: we decided when my husband took a new job last year that be...
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- Five years ago we had a major medical issue and we were in the same boat. Just this past month we finally paid off all of the bills. You simply have to pay as much a...
- I would contact your local rheumatoid arthritis association to see if they have any type of financial assistance that they can offer you related to your diagnosis and ...
- I agree with the other ladies who suggested contacting each provider and working out a payment plan. Explain your situation to them. They'd rather have you (eventual...
Negotiating Medical Bills
Asked by A.W. from Dallas
on June 1, 2010
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Hey everyone! My daughter just spent 2 weeks at Children's Hospital with pneumonia and had surgery and obviously a lot of other expenses including an emergency helicop...
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- I second momof2girls' answer. We had this issue with our daughter and owed around $700. My husband had just been laid off and we didn't have insurance so we sent mon...
- I feel your pain. Our youngest, who was born last November, is "special needs" and spent the first six weeks of his life in the NICU. That bill was a quarter of a mi...
- First, make sure to go through all the bills and look for items that you may have been charged for but never received. I know it is hard to do since alot of it is in ...
Organizing Your Bills!
Asked by J.K. from Cleveland
on August 9, 2011
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Anyone else feel so scatter-brained lately? Geeze louise, three times this summer I have been so busy with things that I overlooked a few bills and realized a couple ...
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- We just moved to Ohio last month and our bills for things like water, electricity, etc. are on different dates than they were before, so I keep a log of what I paid on...
- I hear ya! any more thats me. I forgot to pay the water bill and they don't play here. You get a warning to pay that bill in 7 days or they will shut your water off...
- Gosh, we set all our bills up online based on our family budget. Some we will pay "early" to make it land in a certain paycheck cycle, but basically we sit down once a...
Paying Bills
Asked by T.L. from St. Louis
on May 12, 2011
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I hate to pay bills just like everyone else. I got a bill in the mail yesterday for $37.00 that is 9 (yep NINE) months old. This is the first time I am getting this ...
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- Yes, I have had medical bills take this long to bill and it annoys the heck out of me, but at the same time, I do owe the amount of money stated, regardless of when th...
- I think the longer you have to pay a bill, the better. It's a basic business principle. It means that the money you owe is in your account collecting interest, or be...
- I usually get ours within a month of service. I would have paid in full, I don't play games when it comes to bills.
Medical Bill Questions
Asked by L.Y. from Wausau
on June 1, 2010
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Hello Mama's,
I need some help trying to figure this medical bill out, or how to deal with it. We have BC/BS of Michigan. It's an individual plan that we pay ALOT fo...
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- We have BC/BS of Texas (through hubby's work) BUT live in Wisconsin... Check out this website since you said you went to WI: http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/spec/pr...
- Hospitals are a business and without charging interest, they would not make any profit. How many businesses do you know of that would allow you to use their services ...
- I had BCBS of Illinios all througout my pregnancy/specialists and c-section. I've never in my life paid so much out of pocket for medical. Deductible are incredibly ...
Unpaid Medical Bill
Asked by J.B. from San Antonio
on May 6, 2010
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We took my daughter to the ER (2008) b/c she was complaining about chest pain and having a hard time breathing. The ER was packed . They checked her in and did that ...
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- Call the hospital and talk to them about WHAT the charge is for exactly...
- I won't bore you with the details, but we recently went through something similar. #1 Call the billing department and ask to speak with a manager. Get the name an...
- You go girl! Wow there should be more people like you. In this particular case I would suggest calling the insurance co, however depending on your type of plan they mi...
Bill Collector Showing up for a Bill That's Not Even Late?!
Asked by M.M. from Lake Charles
on July 26, 2011
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So we have a credit account with a local appliance/electronics company. Times have been hard in the last year (my husband was in a horrible accident last june) and it ...
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- I have never NEVER heard of a store sending someone to your house to collect on a debt. I would really question whether this man was who he said he was. Did you ever...
- First, you need to find out who the guy is! It's possible he is a current, or former employee looking to make cash. It's also possible he isn't from the company and he...
- Call, call, call & report them! BBB, Government agencies (look in the yellow pages), Consumer Affairs, etc.. My husband says go to the CO & up front tell him/her exact...
